Without Kavanaugh's confirmation, the court would have been left with an even 4-4 ideological split for the court's new session that began earlier this week and could have impacted any number of future cases.

The Senate's confirmation process of Kavanaugh has been anything but ordinary, and commentary from pundits, lawmakers and hosts over the past few weeks have followed the same ongoing trend of trying to make sense of the unusual nature of what's occurring.